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it was accepted by past and present israeli prime ministers, and american presidents like bill clinton, george w. bush, barack obama, all of them. the president of a two-state solution is a paramount is really interest. we want to preserve in israel that is jewish, democratic. i need from time to time with president habbas and the prime minister. they need and they want peace. i believe that it is possible with them. they are our only partner. it is a piece that is a dream for both of us and it is a nightmare for iran. they are afraid that we shall make peace. iran is an evil, kroll, morally corrupt regime -- cruel, morally corrupt regime. it is an affront to human dignity. they are the sponsor and finance are of world terror. iran is a danger to the entire world. [applause] it threatens berlin as well as madrid. it does not threaten just israel. their ambition is to control the metal least so they can control the major powers of the world economy. it must be stopped. it will be stopped. [applause] israel experienced the whole of war. it does not seek it.peace is alt option. if we are
it was accepted by past and present israeli prime ministers, and american presidents like bill clinton, george w. bush, barack obama, all of them. the president of a two-state solution is a paramount is really interest. we want to preserve in israel that is jewish, democratic. i need from time to time with president habbas and the prime minister. they need and they want peace. i believe that it is possible with them. they are our only partner. it is a piece that is a dream for both of us and it...
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this discussion started by bill clinton on those tax cuts. in our first 45 minutes, your thoughts on whether they should be extended. you may say yes or no year only for those making above to under $50,000. give us a call. tell us why. here are the numbers -- ! for republicans -- 202-737-0002 for republicans. 202-737-0001 for democrats. 202-628-0205 four independent -- for independents. we will take those calls in just a moment. even though the president made statements about it last night, it was earlier this week in an interview with cnbc that started this discussion in the papers and amongst the capitol hill about the future of the bush era tax cuts. here is president bill clinton when asked about the tax cuts and whether they should be extended. >> i think what it means is they will have to put everything off until early next year. that is the best thing to do right now. the republicans do not want to do that unless he agrees to extend a tax cut permanently, including for upper-income people. but, the real issue is not whether they should
this discussion started by bill clinton on those tax cuts. in our first 45 minutes, your thoughts on whether they should be extended. you may say yes or no year only for those making above to under $50,000. give us a call. tell us why. here are the numbers -- ! for republicans -- 202-737-0002 for republicans. 202-737-0001 for democrats. 202-628-0205 four independent -- for independents. we will take those calls in just a moment. even though the president made statements about it last night, it...
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what role did bill clinton played in every clinton's campaign? how the barack obama decided he could run for president and make an incredible effort to be hillary clinton? lots of questions we did not know the answers to. what if we went back and try to figure out what had actually happened? before too long, we had taken the original conversation, shake it a little bit, but what we wrote was very good to the idea we had originally. we are basically doing the same thing for this cycle. there is no reason to tamper with a formula that readers seem to like. it is a great way to tell the story of a campaign people are focused on. to try to go back and tell the story through the eyes of the people involved in a way that maybe is not possible to do in daily, weekly, at our monthly journalism. >> we have gone back to your book and selected a couple of quotes that may be best reflect what happened during the process of the campaign. let's begin with the announcement that then senator barack obama day. colin powell had questions for senator obama, but the
what role did bill clinton played in every clinton's campaign? how the barack obama decided he could run for president and make an incredible effort to be hillary clinton? lots of questions we did not know the answers to. what if we went back and try to figure out what had actually happened? before too long, we had taken the original conversation, shake it a little bit, but what we wrote was very good to the idea we had originally. we are basically doing the same thing for this cycle. there is...
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that is followed by former president bill clinton campaigning for president obama in miami. >> i like washington journal. i like the sessions of congress. it is the closest thing to unfiltered news there is. maybe the last version of unfiltered news on the air. washington journal is very good. i like how the hosts ask a wide range of questions. also because you take questions from callers. i think it helps facilitate and engage in it. people at home. i am baffled other -- networks, to not take your example it is -- do not take your example and try to cover it. it is a wonderful example request joe pommard watches c- span on charter communications. -- wonderful example. joe palmer watch c-span on charter communications. mitt romney marked the 9/11 anniversary addenda speeches to the national guard in reno, nevada. he spoke about ending the u.s. mission in afghanistan he talks of his experience 11 years ago. and those who lost their lives responded to evil and heinous attack. from the national guard association convention, this is 20 minutes. >> thank you so much. major genera
that is followed by former president bill clinton campaigning for president obama in miami. >> i like washington journal. i like the sessions of congress. it is the closest thing to unfiltered news there is. maybe the last version of unfiltered news on the air. washington journal is very good. i like how the hosts ask a wide range of questions. also because you take questions from callers. i think it helps facilitate and engage in it. people at home. i am baffled other -- networks, to not...
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of reform to the poor, let the democrats attack bill clinton 's successful legacy. and make that case if they want. that is the civil war in the democratic party that we should encourage to continue. i am very optimistic that by writing down the ryan plan, the other team seems to have a better target. >> let's say that mitt romney wins. have you get tax reform? >> you can repeal obamacare with 50 votes. it does not require 60 votes. you might have an argument on a couple of the policy things but with the right parliamentarian, those are completely solvable as well. most of ryan's tax cuts can be done with 51 votes. you can do them inside of it in your window. these are the guys who redistricted the country. in california and illinois, they redistricted. others have redistricted to elect more traditional. these state legislative lines, the red states redistricted to stay red. but the rest of it stays pretty much the same for the next decade. on the back of that is the chart. 23 democrats in the senate, 10 republicans. half the deeds are doable. you are about to the r
of reform to the poor, let the democrats attack bill clinton 's successful legacy. and make that case if they want. that is the civil war in the democratic party that we should encourage to continue. i am very optimistic that by writing down the ryan plan, the other team seems to have a better target. >> let's say that mitt romney wins. have you get tax reform? >> you can repeal obamacare with 50 votes. it does not require 60 votes. you might have an argument on a couple of the...
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now, i understand secretary clinton inherited a state department and a situation in afghanistan that was not of her making. i get that. in fact, we sat by and even assisted as afghanistan created a constitution based on shari'a law that has now resulted in the last public christian church closing. it's a system where the president gets to appoint governors, mayors, chiefs of police, many of the high-level teachers, slate of legislators, he gets a powerful control over so much of the purse strings. so, it was amazing to see the president overcome and doing what appeared to be a victory lap around afghanistan and back home, gee, the taliban's back is broken, things are looking good. and we now have an agreement going forward with afghanistan. great news. well, when you find out from afghans that actually the afghanistan government has a $12.5 billion budget and all the sources of revenue that afghanistan can come up with provide $1.5 billion of their $12.5 billion budget, and the rest come from other countries, you would presume largely from the united states, and when one considers th
now, i understand secretary clinton inherited a state department and a situation in afghanistan that was not of her making. i get that. in fact, we sat by and even assisted as afghanistan created a constitution based on shari'a law that has now resulted in the last public christian church closing. it's a system where the president gets to appoint governors, mayors, chiefs of police, many of the high-level teachers, slate of legislators, he gets a powerful control over so much of the purse...
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as far as bill clinton -- bill clinton is a seasoned, amazing politician. he is loved on both sides of the aisle. he came out and he talked about the economy. what he has going for him is the record of balancing the budget and having a budget surplus. that was aorget moment in time when bill clinton was overseeing this great country when we were in the dot.com boom. it was a new era. going into the year 2000. the 1990's were very vibrant. you are talking about a different economic time that he was overseeing. he oversaw a balanced budget and a budget surplus, giving him that kind of credibility in terms of economics. now i will say this. i was talking to bill clinton about the fiscal cliff. i said straight out to him -- you can pull up this interview on line. so i said to him, what do you think about the fiscal cliff? first he entered something political. then i followed up -- "does that mean the tax cut should be extended?" he was backed into a corner. he said everything should be extended. .e're in a recession we ran that interview. an e-mail said he had
as far as bill clinton -- bill clinton is a seasoned, amazing politician. he is loved on both sides of the aisle. he came out and he talked about the economy. what he has going for him is the record of balancing the budget and having a budget surplus. that was aorget moment in time when bill clinton was overseeing this great country when we were in the dot.com boom. it was a new era. going into the year 2000. the 1990's were very vibrant. you are talking about a different economic time that he...
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i saw him, always, just being the most, as bill clinton said, stellar businessman. [laughter] i am so glad we heard that from someone else besides me. [laughter] host: one more comment from twitter for you on this subject. political spouses should stay out of politics and was elected by the people. out to point out a few other headlines going on around the country for you. some news just coming out today on commerce. the secretary john bryson being accused of being involved in a hit and run. authorities are investigating a series of collisions in the san gabriel valley. he was driving a lexus shortly after 5:00 p.m. saturday when he allegedly and rear ended a buick while waiting for a train to pass. after briefly stopping to talk, he left the location. the man followed his car and called 911 to ask for police assistance. authorities said as drugs or alcohol to not appear to have played a role in the crash. one other issue i want to point out this morning, top lawmakers are wanting a speedy, nonpartisan probe of leaks. here is what senator john mccain had to say abou
i saw him, always, just being the most, as bill clinton said, stellar businessman. [laughter] i am so glad we heard that from someone else besides me. [laughter] host: one more comment from twitter for you on this subject. political spouses should stay out of politics and was elected by the people. out to point out a few other headlines going on around the country for you. some news just coming out today on commerce. the secretary john bryson being accused of being involved in a hit and run....
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bill clinton and david stockton can agree on something. they are more sensible than some in the political arena today. the point about dependency on public assistance -- i have not looked at this recently. i received permission to engage welfare reform. we meet the whole process much more work related. you have to participate in job- training. when a job came open, you had to take it. welfare rolls move down substantially. i think that is how the process should work. there should be a temporary way station, back to being a taxpayer once again. that is my take on ait. host: here is a tweet from jah08. guest: well, there is never a great time to raise taxes. with the economy on the along at an anemic growth rate and with being stagnants for a decade, you probably should wait to raise taxes until the economy has achieved a self sustaining growth. most people would say that is probably 3%. wealthiest americans can afford to do more and should be asked to do more. many say, "i would be happy to give more but i want to know it goes to the defici
bill clinton and david stockton can agree on something. they are more sensible than some in the political arena today. the point about dependency on public assistance -- i have not looked at this recently. i received permission to engage welfare reform. we meet the whole process much more work related. you have to participate in job- training. when a job came open, you had to take it. welfare rolls move down substantially. i think that is how the process should work. there should be a temporary...
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this goes back to bill clinton. folks, it and i could not have solved this problem. it's all george bush's fault. i think the president and his team and the democratic party got a lot of mileage out of the bush years and out of what the public concluded was george bush's failings or shortcomings. you don't have to agree that he failed are had shortcomings, i am just telling you what the public thinks. that is what matters now. but i think the lesson coming out of this election -- i think charlie is right, the lesson coming out of this is that the public now is inclined to say to the democrats and republicans need to do something to change their message, to change their reputation and image. i think generally, charlie is right with what he said about the republicans being extreme and too ideological. i think that is certainly true. it is also the case that republicans have another problem. the democratic base has a particular world view and a set of assumptions and values that increasingly in a polarized environment makes it difficult for them to vote for scott brown
this goes back to bill clinton. folks, it and i could not have solved this problem. it's all george bush's fault. i think the president and his team and the democratic party got a lot of mileage out of the bush years and out of what the public concluded was george bush's failings or shortcomings. you don't have to agree that he failed are had shortcomings, i am just telling you what the public thinks. that is what matters now. but i think the lesson coming out of this election -- i think...
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there was a book about damaging revelations about bill clinton. this will not become a kind of book. president obama's 2008 campaign was largely fueled by this amazing life story and a biography of himself that he was able to control of being the personification of the american melting pot and a hopeful new vision for the future. the hillary clinton folks said they were not running against a man, they're running against a more. - memoir. these are not great and new revelations. because of the credibility of the author as a historian, he can challenge the vision obama has projected of himself as being this organic force, somebody who was above calculation and politics. the portrait we saw from initial expert -- excerpt released last week shows that he was far from it. he was somebody who in the view of the people closest to him was somewhat aloof, some of calculating, and someone with sort of a steely eye on the future. while that is not a game changer, that pumps up against of obama thathe perception himself. host: you can find his work at politic
there was a book about damaging revelations about bill clinton. this will not become a kind of book. president obama's 2008 campaign was largely fueled by this amazing life story and a biography of himself that he was able to control of being the personification of the american melting pot and a hopeful new vision for the future. the hillary clinton folks said they were not running against a man, they're running against a more. - memoir. these are not great and new revelations. because of the...
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many viewers will remember when bill clinton left office this country had a surplus. we went to war in iran and afghanistan. bush and others decided not to pay for the war. that adds to the deficit. if you give a huge tax breaks, that adds to the deficit. if there is a recession, less revenue is coming in to the government. revenue is the lowest in six years. that is how we are where we are. we have to do this in a way that is fair, not on the backs of people that are working 60 or 70 hours a week and not on the backs of children by cutting their health insurance program and not on the backs of senior citizens. the struggle is to understand how we got to where we are and how do we go forward in reducing the deficit and creating jobs in this country. host: it was announced that there will be a caucus with the democrats. we see this headline in "the boston globe." what advice did you have for this fellow independent? guest: we have spoken a couple of times recently. essentially what he asked me about it is what is a like to function within the democratic caucus. the dem
many viewers will remember when bill clinton left office this country had a surplus. we went to war in iran and afghanistan. bush and others decided not to pay for the war. that adds to the deficit. if you give a huge tax breaks, that adds to the deficit. if there is a recession, less revenue is coming in to the government. revenue is the lowest in six years. that is how we are where we are. we have to do this in a way that is fair, not on the backs of people that are working 60 or 70 hours a...
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bill clinton signed off on it, and how did we administer it? block grants. it was a great way to deal with welfare reform and truly having reform that not only need a change of the national level but at the state level as well. when it comes to medicaid, we have a program that we put $1.2 billion into. it is more money than any governor in wisconsin history, more money than just about any governor in the country, a sharp contrast to illinois which is cutting as much as i am adding, but we made no changes to the system. we put in place a series of reforms that took us about half of the year to get signed off, but let me tell you how dramatic these changes are. we said under badger care, which is funded by medicaid, we will ask you to get health insurance from the employer before you go to the taxpayer. if you are in your 20, and you can get covered under your parents, we will ask you to go there before the taxpayer. as your income grows, we will ask it to pay more for your premium, co-pay, and the measure of affordable we are using is exactly the measurement
bill clinton signed off on it, and how did we administer it? block grants. it was a great way to deal with welfare reform and truly having reform that not only need a change of the national level but at the state level as well. when it comes to medicaid, we have a program that we put $1.2 billion into. it is more money than any governor in wisconsin history, more money than just about any governor in the country, a sharp contrast to illinois which is cutting as much as i am adding, but we made...
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bush and bill clinton, sunday. >> speaker john boehner outlined a legislative agenda for the u.s. house. when asked about obama's announcement of supporting same- sex marriage, boehner said he is for promoting jobs and cutting spending. >> good morning, everyone. just last week the american people received another depressant jobs report, just 115,000 americans found work while three times that many gave up looking for work. wages in a country -- wages in the country are flat, and gas prices are still way too high. it is graduation season, and today half of new college graduates are not able to find a job. between a weak job market, falling home prices, and the rising cost of living, the american people are getting squeezed. they're getting squeezed because of president obama's economic policies, which has failed. the house will do the work the american people expect us. last week we passed a bill to extend low student interest rates. the committee is under way to rebuild our and for a stretcher and advanced new energy projects. yesterday the house pass a reauthorization of the exp
bush and bill clinton, sunday. >> speaker john boehner outlined a legislative agenda for the u.s. house. when asked about obama's announcement of supporting same- sex marriage, boehner said he is for promoting jobs and cutting spending. >> good morning, everyone. just last week the american people received another depressant jobs report, just 115,000 americans found work while three times that many gave up looking for work. wages in a country -- wages in the country are flat, and...
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i applaud former president bill clinton. when he was in office he opened up a lot of the gulf of mexico, and that is why what good production we are seeing in the gulf goes back to bill clinton and the early years of george bush because those major projects take five-to-10 or more years to bring on line. you have to go back to previous of ministrations when you see something good happening like that. -- administrations when you see something good happening like that. unfortunately, the president is taking credit for his predecessors, and that is disingenuous. host: here are some facts and figures about energy and oil used in the u.s.. our petroleum production -- host: it goes on to say that we use of 19 million barrels of oil a day in the u.s. when you look at the array of available oil in the u.s., are we able to be self-support of, because 49% right now is on imported petroleum products? guest: i do not know if every single drop of oil has to come from our own shores. we could certainly use some from canada and mexico. sau
i applaud former president bill clinton. when he was in office he opened up a lot of the gulf of mexico, and that is why what good production we are seeing in the gulf goes back to bill clinton and the early years of george bush because those major projects take five-to-10 or more years to bring on line. you have to go back to previous of ministrations when you see something good happening like that. -- administrations when you see something good happening like that. unfortunately, the...
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clinton reform welfare, the bill in 1996 but block granted aid to families of dependent children. here is your money, a fixed amount, but you have a lot less strings. each state could decide how to get people out of welfare dependency and focus on people with real needs so that people with real need for taking care of and other people were not locked into welfare. there is somewhere between 77 and more than 100 means tested programs at the federal level. the big ones -- medicaid, housing programs, job training programs, and food stamps but then there are a bunch of others as well. lyon and that approach looks to block grant. when you hear critics of ryan say you're cutting aid to the poor, they're plagiarizing the criticism of clinton's welfare reform. everything the left said about clinton's welfare reform turned out not to be true and everything they are saying about ryan is not true for the same reasons. it is doing for other welfare programs what clinton did. they signed the welfare reform bill and it worked. they did everything its critics said it would not. i think these ref
clinton reform welfare, the bill in 1996 but block granted aid to families of dependent children. here is your money, a fixed amount, but you have a lot less strings. each state could decide how to get people out of welfare dependency and focus on people with real needs so that people with real need for taking care of and other people were not locked into welfare. there is somewhere between 77 and more than 100 means tested programs at the federal level. the big ones -- medicaid, housing...
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clinton? guest: there definitely -- part of it is obviously just history as you mentioned, steve. but there were some interesting trpbdz in terms -- trends in terms of political organizing and developments that made this happen. democrats were out of power it was not just the fact of george w. bush's presidency that put them become in there. they had to get their own house in order and i write about that a lot. the same thing happened to the republican party. it was moribund after 2008 after the bush presidency and john mccain's rather inr un inspirin candidacy. so they had a lot of things going for them. there was a bad economy, unpopularity of the healthcare bill all of which brought president obama down. but they had to get republicans excited about an alternative and they had to mobilize and bring into the party. i am the tea party -- i think the tea party was good at rebranding the republican brand so you didn't say i'm a republican, you said i'm a tea party support are that created dista
clinton? guest: there definitely -- part of it is obviously just history as you mentioned, steve. but there were some interesting trpbdz in terms -- trends in terms of political organizing and developments that made this happen. democrats were out of power it was not just the fact of george w. bush's presidency that put them become in there. they had to get their own house in order and i write about that a lot. the same thing happened to the republican party. it was moribund after 2008 after...
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that is what bill clinton second term was about. he could keep him from getting to that point of bringing everything to gavel. >> this came from his best friend who runs a parking company. he said obama has been ridiculed in his brain. he is constantly working the room excuse to get the right conversation to move them forward. he's always thinking a few steps ahead. if i did eight incident be they would to see -- if i do a and they do b, it would be c. he was in this particular kind of business. he wanted to be in a longer-term business. he did not make enough concessions to the day-by-day noise of washington. >> i call this his pregame aptitude. he plays the game before the players take the field. the trick is when you get to be president. it can create a kind of reticence, a step back quality that you missed. all those variables change. >> i think he is learning. i altered his landscape. as i do that, i am ahead of the pack. >> you're talking about striving for greatness. he is going to need to strive for greatness and reorganize
that is what bill clinton second term was about. he could keep him from getting to that point of bringing everything to gavel. >> this came from his best friend who runs a parking company. he said obama has been ridiculed in his brain. he is constantly working the room excuse to get the right conversation to move them forward. he's always thinking a few steps ahead. if i did eight incident be they would to see -- if i do a and they do b, it would be c. he was in this particular kind of...
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i could go back to other methods of obstruction with bill clinton, who reached out all the time. that is a minor factor. of killing thee omendment tree been done to much. that resulted in some protest. it had much more to do with a concerted party strategy, which is the first time we have seen it. >> there are two separate issues -- of shrubs and on nomination and obstruction on the legislative side. you'll see these judge bowed to 99-1. remember what we are talking about. the alternative is to move it by unanimous consent. this is not like the house where there is a vote and a member of they say -- i will have a roll call vote. the majority leader can schedule a roll-call vote or not. many times he does not. one individual is filibustering the judge. and we get a vote on that, 99- one, 98-2. no one was suggests that those individuals should be required to vote yes for that judge, is what unanimous consent is. that is not what the house does. heavy had majorities in force votes. what it comes to cloture -- this idea of holding the floor. a post cloture has to do that. oftentimes
i could go back to other methods of obstruction with bill clinton, who reached out all the time. that is a minor factor. of killing thee omendment tree been done to much. that resulted in some protest. it had much more to do with a concerted party strategy, which is the first time we have seen it. >> there are two separate issues -- of shrubs and on nomination and obstruction on the legislative side. you'll see these judge bowed to 99-1. remember what we are talking about. the alternative...
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he has power tactics and have a webcam pain ad and put bill clinton in there in order to say that the damage, if this mission had gone bad and these guys had been killed or captured, the political fallout for the president would have been horrific. what about the men and women whose lives would have been affected by the death of seal team six members or their capture. how difficult for them? he then says mitt romney wouldn't have made the same decision? it's supremely ironic that the attack was made on a sunday morning talk program by joe biden which at the time the record, the leaks that they had about their discussions about whether or not to launch the attack had birdie saying, no, no -- biden saying no no we should do this from 40,000 feet from a b-2 bomber and obama rightly overrode him. send in the seals. eyeball, pull him out if we can and make sure we have the right guy. biden in the latest iteration of their discussions said don't do it at all. biden said don't do it at all. you can't put romney in there, by god, he wouldn't have done it. romney had the exact right answer, he
he has power tactics and have a webcam pain ad and put bill clinton in there in order to say that the damage, if this mission had gone bad and these guys had been killed or captured, the political fallout for the president would have been horrific. what about the men and women whose lives would have been affected by the death of seal team six members or their capture. how difficult for them? he then says mitt romney wouldn't have made the same decision? it's supremely ironic that the attack was...
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bill clinton was not african- american and i voted for him. i voted for jimmy carter. i think the problem is i don't think that any of these candidates have any idea what it is like to be black in this country. and unfortunately, the republican primary voter seems to be so susceptible to this sort of clause 5-racist talk about food stamps -- quiasi- rasist talk about food stamps that -- it is almost as if they cannot speak to black people because somehow it would turn off the primarily white conservative evangelical voter. and i find that the sort of sad and disturbing in a way. and as for the last caller who talked about in the president's -- or national politicians not speaking on gun violence, i would say he needs to talk to his local politicians, his city council member, his state representative and state senator. it is important as we engage in the political process that we remain connected to those races as well. it is not just about president and congress. it is also about local elections as well. we ought to remain engaged in the process from top to bottom. hos
bill clinton was not african- american and i voted for him. i voted for jimmy carter. i think the problem is i don't think that any of these candidates have any idea what it is like to be black in this country. and unfortunately, the republican primary voter seems to be so susceptible to this sort of clause 5-racist talk about food stamps -- quiasi- rasist talk about food stamps that -- it is almost as if they cannot speak to black people because somehow it would turn off the primarily white...
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bush and bill clinton. sunday at 8:00 on c-span. >> i thought it was important to write a book that took people's movements seriously. the movements that elected obama, how did they build over time? also, the tea party movement, which seemed to come out of nowhere. its origin. and occupy wall street. i thought those were important if things do look at from a we the people perspective. >> former white house adviser van jones on social movements in america today if. saturday night at 10:00 eastern. also, this weekend, the american spectator founder contends that modern liberalism is flawed and has no answers for today's political issues. sunday night at 11:00, on c-span 2. >> washington journal continues. > host: joining us is richard mourdock, who defeated senator richard lugar in the primary on tuesday. thanks for being with us. if we could, let's start with what we were talking about with our audience earlier this morning. that was president obama's statement endorsing gay marriage yesterday. guest: i was
bush and bill clinton. sunday at 8:00 on c-span. >> i thought it was important to write a book that took people's movements seriously. the movements that elected obama, how did they build over time? also, the tea party movement, which seemed to come out of nowhere. its origin. and occupy wall street. i thought those were important if things do look at from a we the people perspective. >> former white house adviser van jones on social movements in america today if. saturday night at...
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[applause] i mean, we're talking about going back to tax rates that we had under bill clinton -- when, by the way, the economy grew faster and jobs increased much faster. and in the meantime, warren buffett will do fine. i will do fine. we don't need tax breaks. you do. you're the ones who've seen your wages stall, the cost of everything from groceries to college tuition going up. so i want to give you a break. i don't need a break. look, we don't begrudge success in america. this family business right here, i want them to thrive. i want these guys to keep growing and growing and growing. [applause] and hire and hire and hire. when we talk -- when americans talk about folks like me paying my fair share in taxes, it's not because americans envy the rich. most of them want to get rich. most of them will work hard to try to do well financially. it's because if i get a tax break i don't need and the country can't afford, then either it's going to add to our deficit -- and that's what happened between 2000 and 2008, basically. all these tax cuts just added to the deficit because they weren
[applause] i mean, we're talking about going back to tax rates that we had under bill clinton -- when, by the way, the economy grew faster and jobs increased much faster. and in the meantime, warren buffett will do fine. i will do fine. we don't need tax breaks. you do. you're the ones who've seen your wages stall, the cost of everything from groceries to college tuition going up. so i want to give you a break. i don't need a break. look, we don't begrudge success in america. this family...
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he was chief of staff under bill clinton. he and alan simpson ran the debt and deficit commission. this is the document that he was fine for and was put on the shelf. so that would be quite telling. host: student isabella joins us now. caller: good morning. mayor bloomberg -- he is not played a strong role. president obama would be a stronger leader on environmental policy. guest: this is something that should have mentioned before. this is something he said he would want to pursue more vigorously in his second term. the question is, will there be time? the second half of the second term is notoriously unproductive. he has about 18 months after the inauguration to do some big things potentially and then we start getting into midterms and full on politics. given where republicans are on cap and trade it will get anywhere. but president obama could be talking more about environment and energy issues. host: linda feldmann is the white house correspondent for "the christian science monitor." she writes this -- guest: right. no, exactly. the fiscal unsustainable it that we're in the mid
he was chief of staff under bill clinton. he and alan simpson ran the debt and deficit commission. this is the document that he was fine for and was put on the shelf. so that would be quite telling. host: student isabella joins us now. caller: good morning. mayor bloomberg -- he is not played a strong role. president obama would be a stronger leader on environmental policy. guest: this is something that should have mentioned before. this is something he said he would want to pursue more...
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the premium support plan paul ryan has proposed is something that came from bill clinton and his administration. it is indexed toward income. it provides you with the same health care plan that we are able to select as a government employee. what you see with the affordable care act, think about the mandate that came down two weeks ago, where seniors, if they were turned down by hospital, the hospital gets a fine. that is no way to treat seniors. >> we will have to stop. first, george will begin this cycle. >> on medicare, when you ran two years ago, you campaigned against the affordable care act and its cost reductions. you have been critical of that. when you voted for the ryan plan -- you have been critical, but the ryan plan also includes the $716 billion in savings. what is the difference? >> i have not voted to cut $716 million from medicare, but i voted against the the 3% withholding tax, the medical loss ratio. the affordable care act act is a tax law. there are 24 new taxes. we find out the individual mandate is a tax. we have financial transaction taxes, medical device texas -- these
the premium support plan paul ryan has proposed is something that came from bill clinton and his administration. it is indexed toward income. it provides you with the same health care plan that we are able to select as a government employee. what you see with the affordable care act, think about the mandate that came down two weeks ago, where seniors, if they were turned down by hospital, the hospital gets a fine. that is no way to treat seniors. >> we will have to stop. first, george...
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meanwhile, president obama campaigning in new york city tonight with former president bill clinton. this includes a gala at the waldorf-astoria hotel. they will end the night at an event called "barack on broadway." you can listen live it 8:25 p.m. eastern. the head of the iaea says they're not making progress on investigating nuclear progress in a run. they will meet with the senior iranian envoy this week. they insist the programs are peaceful. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. [video clip] >> they have fought many good cases in consumer privacy area in the air reached settlements with google and facebook about some of the privacy promises they make to consumers. i think said regulation -- self regulation as a tool that can be much more responsive to changes in the marketplace, in a quicker way than regulation or passing laws can be. >> a look at the federal trade commission's enforcement role on privacy on the internet with two of the commissioners. one communicator's" tonight 8:00 p.m. on c-span2. host: in our third segment, your at thelooking government. w
meanwhile, president obama campaigning in new york city tonight with former president bill clinton. this includes a gala at the waldorf-astoria hotel. they will end the night at an event called "barack on broadway." you can listen live it 8:25 p.m. eastern. the head of the iaea says they're not making progress on investigating nuclear progress in a run. they will meet with the senior iranian envoy this week. they insist the programs are peaceful. those are some of the latest headlines...
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ronald reagan, george bush, bill clinton, george -- the other george bush and president obama. by far president obama has the lowest tax rates. perhaps if the average federal tax rate under president obama was as high as those under president clinton's second term, then republicans may have a better argument. of course, president clinton's second term in office saw significant job growth and expanding economy and the only surplus since 1969, four in a row. but to complain about federal deficits and then immediately call for cutting taxes on the highest income brackets even lower than the current 31-year low under president obama shows significant hypocrisy or lack of basic addition and subtraction skills. so as today's republicans try to spin a tax fairy tale with the lowest average federal tax rate under president obama is somehow too high while ignoring the higher rates through the 1980's and 1990's, perhaps it's time to ask, what would ronald reagan have done? republicans, even those who profess to idolize president reagan won't ask. president reagan subsequently signed into
ronald reagan, george bush, bill clinton, george -- the other george bush and president obama. by far president obama has the lowest tax rates. perhaps if the average federal tax rate under president obama was as high as those under president clinton's second term, then republicans may have a better argument. of course, president clinton's second term in office saw significant job growth and expanding economy and the only surplus since 1969, four in a row. but to complain about federal deficits...
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plus, first lady michelle obama and former president bill clinton. >> we are on the countdown to the conventions. in six days, gavel-to-gavel coverage, live here on c-span. coming up here on c-span, barry anderson talks about the nation's financial problems. then a meeting from tampa focusing on foreign policy and health care. then, president obama's remarks from that campaign rally in reno. on washington journal, -- "washington journal," the managing editor for the "huffington post." washington -- "washington journal" 7:00 a.m. on c-span. barry anderson spoke to the american institute of certified public accountants about the so- called fiscal cliff. his remarks are just under an hour. >> we all set? good morning. my name is ron longo. i have the pleasure of introducing our next speaker, who barry anderson. barry is just a treat to hear. he previously was a senior budget official at the organization for economic cooperation and development in paris and at the international monetary fund. for over 30 years, he has been active in budgeting for the united states as the deputy director
plus, first lady michelle obama and former president bill clinton. >> we are on the countdown to the conventions. in six days, gavel-to-gavel coverage, live here on c-span. coming up here on c-span, barry anderson talks about the nation's financial problems. then a meeting from tampa focusing on foreign policy and health care. then, president obama's remarks from that campaign rally in reno. on washington journal, -- "washington journal," the managing editor for the...
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bush and bill clinton. sunday at 8:00 on "q&a". >> defense secretary leon panetta says that if congress changes keep parts of his department's budget proposal, there could be risks to national security. he and general martin dempsey spoke reporters for a half hour. >> good afternoon. let me -- let me begin with some comments on the defense budget. i have spent much of this week, including two hours this morning on capitol hill, dinner last night here at the pentagon, reaching out to members of congress and to senators to talk about where things stand as congress begins to debate, mark up and consider the defense budget in earnest. my message to congressional leaders remains the same. congress passed the budget control act. it requires a reduction of defense spending of $487 billion over the next 10 years. toi've said, we do not have choose between national security and fiscal security, but that does not mean that we do not have to make tough choices. we do. and defense should not be exempt from doing its sh
bush and bill clinton. sunday at 8:00 on "q&a". >> defense secretary leon panetta says that if congress changes keep parts of his department's budget proposal, there could be risks to national security. he and general martin dempsey spoke reporters for a half hour. >> good afternoon. let me -- let me begin with some comments on the defense budget. i have spent much of this week, including two hours this morning on capitol hill, dinner last night here at the pentagon,...
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when clinton was president, they passed the free-trade bill with china. republicans passed it, clinton signed it, and i cannot remember the fellow condone name, but he was a congressman from michigan, and he fought against that so well, and unfortunate democrats did not put money in his election and he lost the next time. the democrats do not have any right to hold their heads up for what is happened to the working people in this country. the-shift jobs overseas. there are no benefits. no overtime. everybody works 30 hours or 10 hours a week. the people that had a little bit of money to put into the banks, they do not get anything on now they have those reversible mortgages for people that i've lost their money and -- that have lost their money, and now they will lose their house because they have to put their house up for money to live on. i think every politician ought to hang their head in shame. the big people are going to do well. it is the port and the working people that are suffering right now. guest: i associate myself with everything that young
when clinton was president, they passed the free-trade bill with china. republicans passed it, clinton signed it, and i cannot remember the fellow condone name, but he was a congressman from michigan, and he fought against that so well, and unfortunate democrats did not put money in his election and he lost the next time. the democrats do not have any right to hold their heads up for what is happened to the working people in this country. the-shift jobs overseas. there are no benefits. no...
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>> bill clinton had a reasonably successful second term. we have had some president to did ok. -- presidents who did ok. i think bill clinton did pretty darn well. >> 5.5 on a 10 scale. >> impeachment. >> who else have we got? >> since both of you are creatures of the house, let's assume the election gets closer without picking a number, what is your prediction on leadership of the house? >> let me jump in and modified this question. on the republican side, how many seats could republicans lose before john boehner gets in some difficulty? if you would like to take the fifth amendment. >> i was there. that is how i got elected to leadership we took a five or six seat loss. that was enough to get the balance shift. i'd be linda who was campaign chairman. -- i'd beat linda who was campaign chairman. it is managing expectations. it is probably nonsense. it is probably not within the realm of high probability. i think it would take a 15, something in the range of 15 to 20 seat loss. they come to town right after the election. they do this on pur
>> bill clinton had a reasonably successful second term. we have had some president to did ok. -- presidents who did ok. i think bill clinton did pretty darn well. >> 5.5 on a 10 scale. >> impeachment. >> who else have we got? >> since both of you are creatures of the house, let's assume the election gets closer without picking a number, what is your prediction on leadership of the house? >> let me jump in and modified this question. on the republican side,...
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it reminds me of the naivete of secretary madeleine albright and president bill clinton who told north korea, look, we will give you everything you need to make nuclear weapons if you'll promise us that you will only use it to make nuclear power. really? north korea basically said, really? all we have to do? you know you have caught us in lies repeatedly, but all we have to do is we'll never use it for nukes and give us all this stuff? sure. yeah. you caught us in so many lies, what's one more? who has nuclear weapons that we worry about. the same people, the clinton administration, give nuclear materials and information simply on the promise that they wouldn't use it to make nuclear weapons. what a lovely world it would be. back to the article from fox news, quote, we have made it clear that they, the taliban, can be part of this future, if they break with al qaeda, renounce violence and abide by afghan laws. many foot soldiers to leaders have indicated an interest in reconciliation, a path to peace is now set before them, unquote, obama said. the upcoming nato summit in chicago, they
it reminds me of the naivete of secretary madeleine albright and president bill clinton who told north korea, look, we will give you everything you need to make nuclear weapons if you'll promise us that you will only use it to make nuclear power. really? north korea basically said, really? all we have to do? you know you have caught us in lies repeatedly, but all we have to do is we'll never use it for nukes and give us all this stuff? sure. yeah. you caught us in so many lies, what's one more?...
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bush, bill clinton and ross perot. next tuesday, watched president obama and mitt romney in their town hall debate. c-span coverage starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> tomorrow, "washington journal," will talk about the latest developments on the attack on the embassy in libya. our guest, rick nelson, is director of homeland security and counter terrorism. followed by a round-table discussion on the affirmative- action case of fisher versus the university of texas before the supreme court. we are joined by courtney bowie and stuart taylor. later, a look at the recent outbreaks of meningitis and the operations and standards of compound pharmacies. our guest this cynthia riley from the american society of health system pharmacist. "washington journal," live with your calls and tweets and e- mails at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. defense secretary leon panetta talked about the role of the defense department on the critical infrastructure against server security threats. he also urged congress to pass a site -- you bill that was brough
bush, bill clinton and ross perot. next tuesday, watched president obama and mitt romney in their town hall debate. c-span coverage starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> tomorrow, "washington journal," will talk about the latest developments on the attack on the embassy in libya. our guest, rick nelson, is director of homeland security and counter terrorism. followed by a round-table discussion on the affirmative- action case of fisher versus the university of texas before the supreme...
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attended by hillary clinton and leon panetta. they held as as a major leap forward in bilateral cooperation. and an import a new frontier in that state's rebounds to the asia-pacific area. and an update on the david petearus situation. leading investigators to a questionable relationship between the tampa florida socialite and the general commander of the war in afghanistan. their main question was a national security threatened? the extramarital affair was between the general petraus and paula broadwell. is a sense harassing e-mails to a woman -- who they say send harassing e-mails to a woman, jill kelley. jill kelley treated thousands of applications messages with the general john allen. possible evidence of another inappropriate relationship. defense secretary leon panetta speaking earlier today and australia says he has continued confidence in a general john allen to remain as commander of united states forces in afghanistan, despite his connection to the scandal. we will hear more on the scandal later today when president ob
attended by hillary clinton and leon panetta. they held as as a major leap forward in bilateral cooperation. and an import a new frontier in that state's rebounds to the asia-pacific area. and an update on the david petearus situation. leading investigators to a questionable relationship between the tampa florida socialite and the general commander of the war in afghanistan. their main question was a national security threatened? the extramarital affair was between the general petraus and paula...
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you will remember welfare reform that was passed in 1990 -- in 1996 when bill clinton was president. it was an important reform, but there was a great deal of dependency. amongsts a book out b upper-middle-class whites that live uptown and lower that live in another. in that second neighborhood, you have a large amount of dependency on government programs and you have so many social problems. more drug use. more dropouts. more divorces. more children born out of wedlock. that is a problem for america, no question about it. host: fred barnes refer to the most recent book by charles murray which was covered by "book tv." if you want to watch it, go to booktv.org. you can watch mr. murray talking about his book. pittsburgh, paul, a democrat. good morning. caller: u.s. for taking my call. -- thank you for taking my call. i wanted to speak about ron paul. nobody covers ron paul in the mainstream media, but he is the only candidate that wants to lower the deficit. he has proposed a budget that blowers the deficit. the media will not cover and the voters do not seem to understand this eithe
you will remember welfare reform that was passed in 1990 -- in 1996 when bill clinton was president. it was an important reform, but there was a great deal of dependency. amongsts a book out b upper-middle-class whites that live uptown and lower that live in another. in that second neighborhood, you have a large amount of dependency on government programs and you have so many social problems. more drug use. more dropouts. more divorces. more children born out of wedlock. that is a problem for...
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bush and bill clinton, i have some perspective on this. by year 7 and 8, it was lighting himself on fire just to get on the front page. i am talking about the bush administration. there was so much attention on the emerging campaign. from having covered the first term of george w. bush, we provided a great deal more access to our officials and the president then george bush did. president bush came back once on your force one. it was a 30-minute flight, and that was it. he did give -- he did more of this brief press encounter. they would do one or two questions. we have given more than twice as many solo press conferences were there are a series of questions. it does give the press the opportunity to follow up. you can rally force the president to take a number of questions on the same subject -- really force the president to take a number of questions on the same subject. we have to rationalize his time. we have to make a judgment about when it makes sense to have been taking questions on the subject, or not. having him out there when it
bush and bill clinton, i have some perspective on this. by year 7 and 8, it was lighting himself on fire just to get on the front page. i am talking about the bush administration. there was so much attention on the emerging campaign. from having covered the first term of george w. bush, we provided a great deal more access to our officials and the president then george bush did. president bush came back once on your force one. it was a 30-minute flight, and that was it. he did give -- he did...
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even bill clinton would have said something [laughter] i will not only say something when fidel castro finally leaves that are, i will do something. i will be behind the voice of freedom here and there. we will help you become free. -- will help cuba become free. [applause] thank you. let me also noted in that regard that i'm looking for to appointing this person. and finding a person who has extraordinary marketing skills. i come from the world of business. i spent 25 years in business. my first 10 years of my business career, i was hired by big companies to try to make them more successful. i was impressed by how well american companies can compete around the world and how effective we are at marketing our ideas. think about this -- we convince people around the world to buy a brown, caramel color water called coca-cola and pay half a day's wage for and will buy it. we are able to convince people of things where sometimes you scratch your head straight it is a great product but we sell around the world. and yet democracy, we don't sell that so well. we send billions of dollars around
even bill clinton would have said something [laughter] i will not only say something when fidel castro finally leaves that are, i will do something. i will be behind the voice of freedom here and there. we will help you become free. -- will help cuba become free. [applause] thank you. let me also noted in that regard that i'm looking for to appointing this person. and finding a person who has extraordinary marketing skills. i come from the world of business. i spent 25 years in business. my...
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in some ways, it opened the door for bill clinton to get elected in 1992. again, republicans continue to have an advantage. because it was a time of relative peace and security, issues like the economy, education, health care were the defining issues of that election. democrats came man. clinton's record on national security was so much mixed. there was the unfortunate -- the tragic black cod down incident -- black pop down incident in somalia early in his presidency. there was a controversy about gays in the military. 20 things later, things have changed. his failure to serve during the vietnam war, all of which led this perception that clinton was not strong on national security. he did executes humanitarian military action in bosnia and in kosovo. he had a mix of record of national security. in the end, even though he was present for eight years, that did not translate into more popularity for democrats on national security. going into this century, democrats for being told -- polls with over 20 points disadvantaged. al gore, 2000, no major threats on th
in some ways, it opened the door for bill clinton to get elected in 1992. again, republicans continue to have an advantage. because it was a time of relative peace and security, issues like the economy, education, health care were the defining issues of that election. democrats came man. clinton's record on national security was so much mixed. there was the unfortunate -- the tragic black cod down incident -- black pop down incident in somalia early in his presidency. there was a controversy...
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it was rick santorum when we were fighting to change welfare and we had bill clinton who really did not want to do it. it was rick santorum who was on the floor day after day and very articulately explained that this was the way to help people help themselves. it was unfair to keep them down. he believes there is opportunity. there should be opportunity for every american. it was rick santorum -- at was there to help him on partial birth abortion. we fought that battle time and time again. we finally got a president to sign the bill -- george bush. [applause] this is a man of solid core values. he has never changed. he has never flip-flop. we have been with him. he is a good person. we know rick and karen very well. they are great family. they're absolutely wonderful people. when we select the president of the united states, there is a lot of things that go into consideration. character above all else is what is most important. what is important is that whoever is in the oval office, we know there are going to have to do some tough things. the next president will have to deal with entit
it was rick santorum when we were fighting to change welfare and we had bill clinton who really did not want to do it. it was rick santorum who was on the floor day after day and very articulately explained that this was the way to help people help themselves. it was unfair to keep them down. he believes there is opportunity. there should be opportunity for every american. it was rick santorum -- at was there to help him on partial birth abortion. we fought that battle time and time again. we...
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even bill clinton would have said something. [laughter] i can tell you, i will not only say something when fidel castro finally leaves this earth, i will do something. i will be behind the voices of freedom here and there. we will help cuba when they become free. [applause] let me -- thank you. let me also note in that regard that i am looking forward to appointing this person and finding a person who hopefully has extraordinary marketing skills. i come from the world of business. i spent 25 years in business. for the first tenures of my business career, i was hired by big companies to try to make them more successful. i was impressed by how well american companies can compete at around the world, how effective we are in marketing our ideas. think about this. we convince people around the world to buy brown water called coca-cola and pay half a day's wage for, and they will buy it. we are able to convince people of things that sometimes you scratch your head. i mean, it is a great product. i like coca- and yet democracy, we don'
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bill not raise it on anyone with the west into a $50,000 a year. he could not endorse the individual mandate and impose taxes. the big difference is the tax system does apply to all americans or should. everyone to accomplish this, we need to do for the greater societal good. if you are forcing people to engage in a public good, at the public as a whole should pay for its. that is how we have done it if we require hospitals for people with their normal charitable instincts. this is all we're asking for. if congress wants to force one private citizen to help other people for obvious charitable reasons, is terrific. what you do not do is then not pay for it. what you do not do is make that take the entire tax. if we think it is so important to get protections against insurance discriminations for pre-existing conditions, terrific. that is a policy choice. we have to pay for it. the cannot ask someone to pay for the other insurance premiums. >> i think you can read this until you are blue in your face. you'll never find the principle. that is that con
bill not raise it on anyone with the west into a $50,000 a year. he could not endorse the individual mandate and impose taxes. the big difference is the tax system does apply to all americans or should. everyone to accomplish this, we need to do for the greater societal good. if you are forcing people to engage in a public good, at the public as a whole should pay for its. that is how we have done it if we require hospitals for people with their normal charitable instincts. this is all we're...
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even bill clinton would have said something [laughter] i will not only say something when fidel castro finally leaves that are, i will do something. i will be behind the voice of freedom here and there. we will help cuba become free. [applause] thank you. let me also noted in that regard that i'm looking for to appointing this person and finding a person who has extraordinary marketing skills. i come from the world of business. i spent 25 years in business. my first 10 years of my business career, i was hired by big companies to try to make them more successful. i was impressed by how well american companies can compete around the world and how effective we are at marketing our ideas. think about this -- we convince people around the world to buy a brown, caramel color water called coca-cola and pay half a day's wage for and will buy it. we are able to convince people of things where sometimes you scratch your head straight it is a great product but we sell around the world. and yet democracy, we don't sell that so well. we send billions of dollars around the world, giving out money, a
even bill clinton would have said something [laughter] i will not only say something when fidel castro finally leaves that are, i will do something. i will be behind the voice of freedom here and there. we will help cuba become free. [applause] thank you. let me also noted in that regard that i'm looking for to appointing this person and finding a person who has extraordinary marketing skills. i come from the world of business. i spent 25 years in business. my first 10 years of my business...